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Japan 0-1 Costa Rica - November 27, 2022 / World Cup 2022

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World Cup 2022 - Round 2 - Group E

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium - Al Rayyan - Qatar

November 27, 2022 - 11:00

Japan

0 - 1

Costa Rica

81'

Keysher Fuller (left foot) Assist by Yeltsin Tejeda

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41' - Yellow card Anthony Contreras

44' - Yellow card Miki Yamane44

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46' - Substitution Yuto Nagatomois substituted by Hiroki Ito photo Takuma Asano

46' - Substitution Ayase Uedais substituted by Takuma Asano46

61' - Yellow card Celso Borges

62' - Substitution Miki Yamaneis substituted by Kaoru Mitoma62

64' - Substitution Gerson Torresis substituted by Brandon Aguilera

65' - Substitution Anthony Contrerasis substituted by Jewison Bennette

67' - Substitution Ritsu Doanis substituted by Junya Ito67

70' - Yellow card Francisco Calvo

81' - Goal Keysher Fuller

82' - Substitution Yuki Somais substituted by Takumi Minamino82

84' - Yellow card Ko Itakura84

89' - Substitution Celso Borgesis substituted by Youstin Salas

93' - Yellow card Wataru Endo93

94' - Substitution Joel Campbellis substituted by Daniel Chacon

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Japan

0 - 1

Costa Rica

Japan Costa Rica

Team line-ups

Japan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Ueda46

Ayase Ueda

Japan

B.date28/08/1998

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

24Soma82

Yuki Soma

Japan

B.date25/02/1997

Age25 years

H1m66

positionLeft Winger

15Kamada

Daichi Kamada

Japan

B.date05/08/1996

Age26 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

8Doan67

Ritsu Doan

Japan

B.date16/06/1998

Age24 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

13Morita

Hidemasa Morita

Japan

B.date10/05/1995

Age27 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Endo93

Wataru Endo

Japan

B.date09/02/1993

Age29 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Nagatomo46

Yuto Nagatomo

Japan

B.date12/09/1986

Age36 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

22Yoshida

Maya Yoshida

Japan

B.date24/08/1988

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

4Itakura84

Ko Itakura

Japan

B.date27/01/1997

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

2Yamane6244

Miki Yamane

Japan

B.date22/12/1993

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

12Gonda

Shuichi Gonda

Japan

B.date03/03/1989

Age33 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Shuichi Gonda		33	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ko Itakura	84	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Maya Yoshida		34	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Miki Yamane	6244	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Yuto Nagatomo	46	36	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Hidemasa Morita		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Wataru Endo	93	29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ritsu Doan	67	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Daichi Kamada		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Yuki Soma	82	25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Ayase Ueda	46	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Costa Rica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Contreras6541

Anthony Contreras

Costa Rica

B.date29/01/2000

Age22 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

12Campbell90+4

Joel Campbell

Costa Rica

B.date26/06/1992

Age30 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Forward

13Torres64

Gerson Torres

Costa Rica

B.date28/08/1997

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

17Tejeda

Yeltsin Tejeda

Costa Rica

B.date17/03/1992

Age30 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Borges8961

Celso Borges

Costa Rica

B.date27/05/1988

Age34 years

H1m86

positionLeft central midfielder

8Oviedo

Bryan Oviedo

Costa Rica

B.date18/02/1990

Age32 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

4Fuller81

Keysher Fuller

Costa Rica

B.date12/07/1994

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

15Calvo70

Francisco Calvo

Costa Rica

B.date08/07/1992

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

19Waston

Kendall Waston

Costa Rica

B.date01/01/1988

Age34 years

H1m96

positionRight central defender

6Duarte

Oscar Duarte

Costa Rica

B.date03/06/1989

Age33 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

1Navas

Keylor Navas

Costa Rica

B.date15/12/1986

Age35 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Keylor Navas		35	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Francisco Calvo	70	30	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Oscar Duarte		33	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Kendall Waston		34	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Bryan Oviedo		32	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Keysher Fuller	81	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Yeltsin Tejeda		30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Celso Borges	8961	34	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Gerson Torres	64	25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Joel Campbell	90+4	30	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Anthony Contreras	6541	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Eiji Kawashima		39
23	G	Daniel Schmidt		30
26	D	Hiroki Ito	46	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Takehiro Tomiyasu		24
3	D	Shogo Taniguchi		31
19	D	Hiroki Sakai		32
7	M	Gaku Shibasaki		30
17	M	Ao Tanaka		24
18	M	Takuma Asano	46	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Takefusa Kubo		21
10	F	Takumi Minamino	82	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Junya Ito	67	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Kaoru Mitoma	62	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Shuto Machino		23
25	F	Daizen Maeda		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Patrick Sequeira		23
18	G	Esteban Alvarado		33
2	D	Daniel Chacon	90+4	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Youstin Salas	89	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Juan Pablo Vargas		27
16	D	Carlos Martinez		23
22	D	Ronald Matarrita		28
21	D	Douglas Lopez		24
9	M	Jewison Bennette	65	18	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Brandon Aguilera	64	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Johan Venegas		33
26	M	Alvaro Zamora		20
10	M	Bryan Ruiz		37
24	M	Roan Wilson		20
25	F	Anthony Hernandez		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Miki Yamane

Hiroki Sakai

OUT

Ritsu Doan

Junya Ito

OUT

Ayase Ueda

Daizen Maeda

OUT

Yuki Soma

Takefusa Kubo

OUT

Hidemasa Morita

Ao Tanaka

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kendall Waston

Carlos Martinez

OUT

Gerson Torres

Jewison Bennette

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hajime Moriyasu

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Moriyasu vs Costa Rica

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

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Moriyasu vs Suárez

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

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Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernando Suárez

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Suárez vs Japan

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

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Suárez vs Moriyasu

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

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Referee

Michael Oliver

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	General total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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Assistant Referee

Simon Bennett

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	General total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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Assistant Referee

Stuart Burt

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	General total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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4th official

Maguette N'Diaye

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	General total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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Assistant Referee VAR

Jérôme Brisard

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	General total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Costa Rica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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Important actions

90+7'		End of game.
90+6'		Foul conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
90+5'		Joel Campbell is substituted by Daniel Chacon.
90+3'		Yellow card! Wataru Endo is shown a YELLOW CARD.
90+3'		Cutback by Kaoru Mitoma.
90+1'		There will be 6 min. of additional time.
89'		Celso Borges is substituted by Youstin Salas.
88'		Daichi Kamada oblige with the right foot from inside the box le gardien à s'employer.
84'		Yellow card! Ko Itakura is shown a YELLOW CARD.
83'		Yuki Soma is substituted by Takumi Minamino.
81'		GOOOAAAAL!! Keysher Fuller envoie un missile qui fait mouche. Assist by Yeltsin Tejeda.
80'		Keysher Fuller is caught offside.
79'		Corner taken from the right wing by Junya Ito.
78'		Corner taken from the left wing by Yuki Soma.
78'		Corner, conceded by Keysher Fuller.
77'		Foul on Brandon Aguilera conceded by Hiroki Ito.
76'		Missed cross from the right wing by Yuki Soma.
74'		Foul on Keysher Fuller conceded by Takuma Asano.
74'		Foul on Joel Campbell conceded by Wataru Endo.
73'		Joel Campbell is caught offside.
70'		Yellow card! Francisco Calvo is shown a YELLOW CARD.
69'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Keysher Fuller.
68'		Foul conceded by Yuki Soma.
67'		Ritsu Doan is substituted by Junya Ito.
65'		Anthony Contreras is substituted by Jewison Bennette.
65'		Gerson Torres is substituted by Brandon Aguilera.
64'		Foul conceded by Francisco Calvo.
63'		Yuki Soma misses the target with the right foot from outside the box.
62'		Miki Yamane is substituted by Kaoru Mitoma.
61'		Yellow card! Celso Borges is shown a YELLOW CARD.
57'		Yuki Soma dévisse complètement son tir with the right foot.
55'		Foul conceded by Junya Ito.
49'		Corner taken from the left wing by Yuki Soma.
49'		Corner, conceded by Keysher Fuller.
48'		Takuma Asano shoots headershot from inside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
46'		Hidemasa Morita oblige with the left foot le gardien à s'employer.
46'		Yuto Nagatomo is substituted by Hiroki Ito.
46'		Ayase Ueda is substituted by Takuma Asano.
45'		Second half.
45+2'		Half time.
45'		Foul on Daichi Kamada conceded by Gerson Torres.
45'		Foul on Gerson Torres conceded by Daichi Kamada.
44'		Yellow card! Miki Yamane is shown a YELLOW CARD.
42'		Yellow card! Anthony Contreras is shown a YELLOW CARD.
41'		Foul on Maya Yoshida conceded by Anthony Contreras.
39'		Foul conceded by Yuto Nagatomo.
38'		Foul on Joel Campbell conceded by Ayase Ueda.
36'		Foul conceded by Keysher Fuller.
35'		Joel Campbell voit sa frappe with the left foot hors de la surface passer légèrement au-dessus.
32'		Foul on Miki Yamane conceded by Francisco Calvo.
31'		Foul conceded by Yuto Nagatomo.
23'		Cutback from the left wing by Anthony Contreras.
22'		Foul on Joel Campbell conceded by Wataru Endo.
13'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Ritsu Doan.
8'		Foul on Yuki Soma conceded by Keysher Fuller.
6'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the left wing by Celso Borges.
6'		Foul on Joel Campbell conceded by Ritsu Doan.
5'		Foul on Anthony Contreras conceded by Miki Yamane.
4'		Foul on Gerson Torres conceded by Yuki Soma.
4'		Cross deflected from the left midfield by Joel Campbell.
4'		Foul on Gerson Torres conceded by Hidemasa Morita.
3'		Ritsu Doan dévisse complètement son tir with the left foot from outside the box.
2'		Corner taken from the left wing by Yuki Soma.
1'		Cross deflected from the left wing by Yuto Nagatomo.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

Japan keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Costa Rica running (since 06/08/1995). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Keysher Fuller scores a goal in his professional career with Costa Rica since the 13/10/2021 (with Costa Rica vs United States )

It's the first time Keysher Fuller scores 1 goal in World Cup

Read the next 5 key stats

General ranking

	1	Spain	4 pts	2 rd
	2	Japan	3 pts	2 rd
+1	3	Costa Rica	3 pts	2 rd
-1	4	Germany	1 pt	2 rd

General ranking

	1	Spain	4 pts	2 rd
	2	Japan	3 pts	2 rd
+1	3	Costa Rica	3 pts	2 rd
-1	4	Germany	1 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LJapan 0-2 Mexico17/11/2020

VChina 0-1 Japan07/09/2021

VJapan 2-0 United States23/09/2022

DEcuador 0-0 Japan27/09/2022

LCanada 2-1 Japan17/11/2022

VGermany 1-2 Japan23/11/2022

Overall

DJapan 0-0 China24/07/2022

VJapan 3-0 South Korea27/07/2022

VJapan 2-0 United States23/09/2022

DEcuador 0-0 Japan27/09/2022

LCanada 2-1 Japan17/11/2022

VGermany 1-2 Japan23/11/2022

Current form

Neutral ground

VCosta Rica 1-0 Jamaica20/07/2021

LCosta Rica 0-2 Canada25/07/2021

DEl Salvador 0-0 Costa Rica21/08/2021

VCosta Rica 1-0 New Zealand14/06/2022

VUzbekistan 1-2 Costa Rica27/09/2022

LSpain 7-0 Costa Rica23/11/2022

Overall

VCosta Rica 2-0 Martinique05/06/2022

VCosta Rica 1-0 New Zealand14/06/2022

DSouth Korea 2-2 Costa Rica23/09/2022

VUzbekistan 1-2 Costa Rica27/09/2022

VCosta Rica 2-0 Nigeria09/11/2022

LSpain 7-0 Costa Rica23/11/2022

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	7

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Takuma Asano	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Takuma Asano	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Ko Itakura	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Ko Itakura	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	-
Takuma Asano	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

10 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

1 gf

7 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

2 gf

10 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 11, 2018
Neutral ground	3 - 1	June 02, 2014

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

September 11, 2018 - Rencontres amicales 2018

Japan

3 - 0

Costa Rica logo Costa Rica

June 02, 2014 - Rencontres amicales 2014

Costa Rica

1 - 3

Japan

April 17, 2002 - Rencontres amicales 2002

Japan

1 - 1

Costa Rica logo Costa Rica

August 06, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995

Japan

3 - 0

Costa Rica logo Costa Rica

Best historical scorers against Costa Rica

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Yasuhito Endo	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Sho Sasaki	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Junya Ito	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Tomokazu Myojin	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Hiroshi Nanami	1 goal	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/08/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Japan

	Winston Parks	1 goal	2002 - 2002
	Bryan Ruiz	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/08/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Costa Rica

Toshihiro Aoyama	2 matches	2014 - 2018
Hiraoki Morishima	2 matches	1995 - 2002
Yasuyuki Konno	1 match	2014 - 2014
Wataru Endo	1 match	2018 - 2018
Nobuyuki Kojima	1 match	1995 - 1995
Masato Morishige	1 match	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/08/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japan

Rolando Fonseca	1 match	2002 - 2002
Bryan Oviedo	1 match	2018 - 2018
Keylor Navas	1 match	2014 - 2014
Erick Lonnis	1 match	2002 - 2002
Keyner Brown	1 match	2018 - 2018
Roy Miller	1 match	2014 - 2014